Wavelength band-rejection filters based on optical fiber fattening by fusion splicing

R. I. Mata-Chávez, A. Martinez-Rios, I. Torres-Gomez, J. A. Alvarez-Chavez, R. Selvas-Aguilar, J. Estudillo-Ayala

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Abstract

A novel method to fabricate optical fiber band-rejection filters based on optical fiber fattening is presented. In this method, the fiber fattening is realized by applying a standard fusion splicing procedure on bare dispersion-shifted fibers. The method does not require additional special fixtures and can be implemented in any commercial fusion splicer machine. Using this method, we have fabricated short dispersion-shifted fiber filters with less than 3 mm length, >20 dB notch depths, and >100 nm bandwidth.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)671-675
Number of pages5
JournalOptics and Laser Technology
Volume40
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fattening
  • Fiber devices
  • Fusion splicing

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